Paul Lock

Paul Lock has been involved in minerals exploration in South East Asia since 2012, with his work in this region forming the foundations of what is now Pan Asia Metals. Mr Lock initially focused on corporate and single asset project finance in the resource sector before moving into leveraged finance for private equity initiatives, and then into a corporate advisory role where he was sector agnostic and focused on generating corporate transactions.

Prior to Pan Asia Metals, Mr Lock was a founder and corporate advisor of advisory firm Everspring Partners, and had held corporate advisory and leveraged finance roles at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Prior to banking, he worked for Rothschild & Co in Australia where he was a derivatives trader and a bond investor focusing on a various asset classes, generally distressed or complex assets. Mr Lock was also involved in structuring derivatives solutions for resource companies in conjunction with Rothschild's corporate advisory team, worked for Japanese trading conglomerate Marubeni Corporation in the soft commodity trading division, and with trading firm Hunter Grain.

Before undertaking his graduate degree, Mr Lock worked for several exploration drilling companies operating in the Pilbara, Mid West and Goldfields regions of Western Australia.

He holds a Bachelor of Business, Master of Political Economy, Master of International Studies, Master of Commercial Law, and a Master of Business Administration. Mr Lock is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.